Working Mans Economics
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"Markets can remain irrational longer than you or I can remain solvent."
A. Gary Shilling
A. Gary Shilling
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Voodoo Economics
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If you want to know how tariffs work, just watch Ferris Buellers' Day Off youtu.be/X_wHBlouFSc?...
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RIP Mani author of many fantastic baselines, this one being my personal favourite
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The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Official Video)
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November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
RIP Mani author of many fantastic baselines, this one being my personal favourite
youtu.be/4D2qcbu26gs?...
youtu.be/4D2qcbu26gs?...
The "Elon Musk is a genius" types are worse than Elon Musk because they enable Elon Musk
The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The "Elon Musk is a genius" types are worse than Elon Musk because they enable Elon Musk
Good to hear from a minister preaching the actual message of Jesus, not the pretend version that Conservatives like to believe.
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Good to hear from a minister preaching the actual message of Jesus, not the pretend version that Conservatives like to believe.
So it turns out that the Nobel Peace Prize committee saw fit to give the award to a person that played an active part in an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government. It wasn't Trump though....
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
So it turns out that the Nobel Peace Prize committee saw fit to give the award to a person that played an active part in an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government. It wasn't Trump though....
The Bank of England is worried that AI stocks are entering speculative bubble territory. Not really surprising when you consider that a large amount of passes for generative AI is essentially glorified search engines.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Bank of England is worried that AI stocks are entering speculative bubble territory. Not really surprising when you consider that a large amount of passes for generative AI is essentially glorified search engines.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Britain has seen an acute living standards slowdown over the past 20 years.
This has affected incomes across the distribution.
A typical family today would be £20,000 richer if incomes had continued growing at the same rate since 2005, when the Foundation was founded.
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This has affected incomes across the distribution.
A typical family today would be £20,000 richer if incomes had continued growing at the same rate since 2005, when the Foundation was founded.
⤵️ buff.ly/NuhNFF9
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Britain has seen an acute living standards slowdown over the past 20 years.
This has affected incomes across the distribution.
A typical family today would be £20,000 richer if incomes had continued growing at the same rate since 2005, when the Foundation was founded.
⤵️ buff.ly/NuhNFF9
This has affected incomes across the distribution.
A typical family today would be £20,000 richer if incomes had continued growing at the same rate since 2005, when the Foundation was founded.
⤵️ buff.ly/NuhNFF9
A summary of UK tabloid media's position on the Manchester synagogue attack:
If you are still opposed to Israel's genocide after yesterday, you are a racist Islamist commie who should be deported to Rwanda.
If you are still opposed to Israel's genocide after yesterday, you are a racist Islamist commie who should be deported to Rwanda.
October 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A summary of UK tabloid media's position on the Manchester synagogue attack:
If you are still opposed to Israel's genocide after yesterday, you are a racist Islamist commie who should be deported to Rwanda.
If you are still opposed to Israel's genocide after yesterday, you are a racist Islamist commie who should be deported to Rwanda.
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Looking forward to a 6-3 ruling against the concept of linear flow of time.
September 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Looking forward to a 6-3 ruling against the concept of linear flow of time.
The recent Pitchfork Economics podcast featuring @mkblyth.bsky.social talking about inflation is absolutely essential listening.
open.spotify.com/episode/32kt...
open.spotify.com/episode/32kt...
September 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The recent Pitchfork Economics podcast featuring @mkblyth.bsky.social talking about inflation is absolutely essential listening.
open.spotify.com/episode/32kt...
open.spotify.com/episode/32kt...
How long until Nigel Farage puts £234 billion on the side of a bus?
September 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How long until Nigel Farage puts £234 billion on the side of a bus?
Want to beat populism? Then you need to ensure that working class people have secure employment that offers a decent standard of living, good quality, affordable housing and good quality public services that are there when you need them.
It's that fucking simple.
It's that fucking simple.
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Want to beat populism? Then you need to ensure that working class people have secure employment that offers a decent standard of living, good quality, affordable housing and good quality public services that are there when you need them.
It's that fucking simple.
It's that fucking simple.
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Here's a thought about UK inflation.
The government doesn't use the RPI rate of inflation any more because it includes housing costs, which are considered too volatile. However the government's preferred measure, CPI includes air fares, which rose 22% in July because of the school holidays!
The government doesn't use the RPI rate of inflation any more because it includes housing costs, which are considered too volatile. However the government's preferred measure, CPI includes air fares, which rose 22% in July because of the school holidays!
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Here's a thought about UK inflation.
The government doesn't use the RPI rate of inflation any more because it includes housing costs, which are considered too volatile. However the government's preferred measure, CPI includes air fares, which rose 22% in July because of the school holidays!
The government doesn't use the RPI rate of inflation any more because it includes housing costs, which are considered too volatile. However the government's preferred measure, CPI includes air fares, which rose 22% in July because of the school holidays!
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “Netanyahu is ideologically cut from the same cloth as Hitler.
“Just as Hitler couldn’t see the defeat that awaited him, Netanyahu will meet the same ultimate fate.”
“Just as Hitler couldn’t see the defeat that awaited him, Netanyahu will meet the same ultimate fate.”
September 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “Netanyahu is ideologically cut from the same cloth as Hitler.
“Just as Hitler couldn’t see the defeat that awaited him, Netanyahu will meet the same ultimate fate.”
“Just as Hitler couldn’t see the defeat that awaited him, Netanyahu will meet the same ultimate fate.”
The Guardian today claims that political violence is *now* part of US political culture because of the murder of Charlie Kirk.
All I can say is they haven't been paying much attention for the last 250 years.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
All I can say is they haven't been paying much attention for the last 250 years.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of assassinated American politicians - Wikipedia
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September 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The Guardian today claims that political violence is *now* part of US political culture because of the murder of Charlie Kirk.
All I can say is they haven't been paying much attention for the last 250 years.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
All I can say is they haven't been paying much attention for the last 250 years.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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Myth #4:
GDP is the correct measure of progress
Reality:
GDP tracks spending, not wellbeing or ecosystem functionality
Implication:
Our main cultural goal is focused on costs, not benefits
GDP is the correct measure of progress
Reality:
GDP tracks spending, not wellbeing or ecosystem functionality
Implication:
Our main cultural goal is focused on costs, not benefits
August 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Myth #4:
GDP is the correct measure of progress
Reality:
GDP tracks spending, not wellbeing or ecosystem functionality
Implication:
Our main cultural goal is focused on costs, not benefits
GDP is the correct measure of progress
Reality:
GDP tracks spending, not wellbeing or ecosystem functionality
Implication:
Our main cultural goal is focused on costs, not benefits
A good news story to brighten your day:
In 2012, Britain got 42% of its energy from coal. Today, Britain does not have a single coal fired power station (source: Private Eye).
In 2012, Britain got 42% of its energy from coal. Today, Britain does not have a single coal fired power station (source: Private Eye).
July 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A good news story to brighten your day:
In 2012, Britain got 42% of its energy from coal. Today, Britain does not have a single coal fired power station (source: Private Eye).
In 2012, Britain got 42% of its energy from coal. Today, Britain does not have a single coal fired power station (source: Private Eye).
The BBC is claiming that Bob Vylans' chant of "death to the IDF" was anti-Semitic.
In fact, what the BBC has done there is conflate all Jews with the state of Israel. Now thats anti semitic.
All Jews are not the IDF, in the same way that all Palestinians are not Hamas.
In fact, what the BBC has done there is conflate all Jews with the state of Israel. Now thats anti semitic.
All Jews are not the IDF, in the same way that all Palestinians are not Hamas.
June 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The BBC is claiming that Bob Vylans' chant of "death to the IDF" was anti-Semitic.
In fact, what the BBC has done there is conflate all Jews with the state of Israel. Now thats anti semitic.
All Jews are not the IDF, in the same way that all Palestinians are not Hamas.
In fact, what the BBC has done there is conflate all Jews with the state of Israel. Now thats anti semitic.
All Jews are not the IDF, in the same way that all Palestinians are not Hamas.
Didn't have this on my bingo card for today. In other news, Francis Bacons death sends Ryland Clark into a deep depression.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Danny Dyer says Harold Pinter’s death sent him into ‘spiral of madness’
Actor tells BBC about his relationship with the playwright, his ‘mentor’, and how he went ‘off the rails’
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Didn't have this on my bingo card for today. In other news, Francis Bacons death sends Ryland Clark into a deep depression.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
If you want to know how tariffs work, just watch Ferris Buellers' Day Off youtu.be/X_wHBlouFSc?...
Voodoo Economics
YouTube video by John Kessler
youtu.be
May 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
If you want to know how tariffs work, just watch Ferris Buellers' Day Off youtu.be/X_wHBlouFSc?...
Badenoch still banging on about a public enquiry into grooming gangs to appeal to Reform voters instead of implementing the recommendations of the enquiry that already happened.
Grooming gangs, stop the fucking boats blah blah blah, thats all theyve got #pmqs
Grooming gangs, stop the fucking boats blah blah blah, thats all theyve got #pmqs
April 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Badenoch still banging on about a public enquiry into grooming gangs to appeal to Reform voters instead of implementing the recommendations of the enquiry that already happened.
Grooming gangs, stop the fucking boats blah blah blah, thats all theyve got #pmqs
Grooming gangs, stop the fucking boats blah blah blah, thats all theyve got #pmqs
Nothing says Britain in 2025 more than a twat in a balaclava, riding a mountain bike with an electric motor gaffer taped to it around a housing estate at 80 mph.
April 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Nothing says Britain in 2025 more than a twat in a balaclava, riding a mountain bike with an electric motor gaffer taped to it around a housing estate at 80 mph.